A LOUGHBOROUGH woman is a step closer to helping fund maternity units in the Gambia after raising nearly £50 at a weekend table top sale.

Claire Lancaster, of Burns Road, set up a charity called Something for the Children in March, having had previous trips to Gambia with her family, helping to provide families with vital supplies, such as food and clothing.

She held her first table top sale on Sunday, July 7, where she raised £48.50, but she says she has a long way to go.

She said: “We want to fund supplies for maternity units so that we can have equipment there that can detect problems in pregnancy, labour and childhood. We need to purchase better maternity unit equipment and more modern equipment too.

“We need to raise as much as we can before we hope to head out to The Gambia early next year. It would be great if people or organisations could do sponsored events, collections or any other way they can think of to help raise funds.

“Our email address is nanaclairel@aol.com and at present we are only on facebook until we get a proper website.”

For more information, visit http://www.facebook.com/Somethingforthechildren